The idea was solid, the execution, not very much

Rating: 4/10 (30 December 2013)

Contains many spoilers* To start with, the acting was up to standard and easy to believe and enjoy. The cast was fine too, loved the role of Idris Elba as man of authority and I liked how they handled the other actors' personal lives. However to a movie fan you get to notice those annoying little details and magnify them. Maybe it's just me. Anyways start of the movie,Charlie Hunnam is so fixed on the idea that he does not want to participate in the war, because he doesn't want to lose anyone else ? who ? I don't know he's the only member of his family still alive, is he talking about himself ? idk, weird, and then Idris Elba comes along and gives a literally one line speech and boom Charlie is in! The robot is carried deep into the mad restless ocean and the water is just up to the robots knee ? I mean c'mon. How deep is the water ? or how large is the robot ? that was not clear, I go fishing a lot, and everybody knows you don't fish in waters 10 feet deep. you look for 20or 30 or 40 ft. and that's just when you're trying to find fish. oceans are miles deep and to have waves you need at least 100 to 400 ft depth across a wide area. anyways see what the movie made me do ? I shouldn't be thinking about this stuf. the director should be thinking about it for me. and I get why nuclear weapons were not an option to use because you don't want to destroy aliens and the rest of the world, but you're engineering a building- sized robot and all he can do is punch and kick ? maybe in the 60's that would be fine. Ops, sorry, no. not even in the 60's. what kind of retarded robot can only punch and kick. Get with the times, there are tons of other weapons to equip them with, and I know they couldn't give the robots weapons because the movie would have been 5 mins maybe 6 mins tops and that right there is your sign that you should not make the movie. Then towards the end they showcase about ten robots and clearly identify the best one for combat. Another retarded glitch in the story. why not build all robots like that one ? and at the end there is a bridge ? ! why not nuke that bridge from the beginning ? oh, it would be a short movie, and you have to make it stupid to be long. Anyways overall it's watchable and enjoyable more so for kids I think or as a family movie